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CIHM/ICMH 

Microfiche 

Series. 


CIHM/ICMH 
Collection  de 
microfiches. 


Canadian  Institute  for  Historical  Microreproductions  /  Institut  canadien  de  microreproductions  historiques 


Technical  and  Bibliographic  Notes/Notes  techniques  et  bibliographiques 


The  Institute  has  attempted  to  obtain  the  best 
original  copy  available  for  filming.  Features  of  this 
copv  which  may  be  bibliographically  unique, 
which  may  alter  any  of  the  images  in  the 
reproduction,  or  which  may  significantly  change 
the  usual  method  of  filming,  are  checked  below. 


L'institut  a  microfilme  le  meilleur  exemplaire 
qu'il  lui  a  ete  possible  de  se  procurer.  Les  details 
de  cet  axemplaire  qui  sont  peut-etre  uniques  du 
point  de  vue  bibliographique,  qui  peuvent  modifier 
une  image  reproduite.  ou  qui  peuvent  exiger  une 
modification  dans  la  m^thode  normale  de  filmage 
sont  indiquds  ci-dessous. 


□    Coloured  covers/ 
Couverture  de  couleur 


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Coloured  pages/ 
PaQ9S  de  couleur 


D 


Cover's  damaged/ 
Couverture  endommagee 


D 


Pages  damaged/ 
Pages  endommagees 


j      \    Covers  restoreti  and/or  laminated/ 
I 1    Couverture  restaur6e  et/ou  pelliculee 


D 


Pages  restored  and/or  laminated/ 
Pages  restaurees  et/ou  pelticulees 


□    Cover  title  missing/ 
Le  titre  de  couverture  manque 

□    Coloured  maps/ 
Cartes  g^oi^raphiques  en  couleur 

□    Coloured  ink  (i.e.  other  than  blue  or  black)/ 
Encre  de  couleur  (i.e.  autre  que  bleue  ou  noire) 


I — T/'Pages  discoloured,  stamed  or  foxed/ 
1  ^    Pages  decoloraes,  tachetees  ou  piquees 

□Pages  detached/ 
Pages  detachees 

I     V^howthrough/ 
l_J    Transparence 


□    Coloured  plates  and/or  illustrations/ 
Planches  et/ou  illustrations  an  couleur 


□    Quality  of  print  varie!>/ 
Qualite  indgale  de  {'impression 


I — ~y  Bound  with  other  material/ 
I  ^   I    Reiid  avec  d'autres  documents 


D 


Includes  supplementary  material/ 
Comprend  du  materiel  supplementaire 


D 


D 


Tight  binding  may  cause  shadows  or  distortion 
along  interior  margin/ 

Lareliure  serree  peut  causer  de  Tombra  ou  de  la 
.itstorsion  le  long  de  la  marge  interieura 

Blank  leaves  added  during  restoration  may 
appear  .vithin  the  text.  Whenever  possible,  these 
have  been  omitted  from  filming/ 
II  se  peut  que  certaines  pages  blanches  ajoutdes 
lors  d'une  restauration  apparaissent  dans  le  texte, 
mais,  lorsque  cela  dtait  possible,  ces  pages  n'ont 
pas  6xi  filmdes. 


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Only  edition  available/ 
Seule  Edition  disponible 

Pages  wholly  or  partially  obscured  by  errata 
slips,  tissues,  etc.,  have  been  refilmed  to 
ensure  the  best  possible  image/ 
Les  pages  totalement  ou  partiellement 
obscurcies  par  un  feuillet  d'errata,  une  pelure, 
etc.,  cnt  6te  fi!m6es  d  nouveau  de  facon  a 
obtenir  la  meilleure  image  possible. 


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Additional  comments:/ 
Commentaires  supplementaires: 


This  item  is  filmed  at  the  reduction  ratio  checked  below/ 

Ce  document  est  filmd  au  taux  de  reduction  indiqud  ci-dessous. 


10X 

14X 

18X 

22X 

26X 

30X 

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12X 


16X 


20X 


24X 


28X 


32X 


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The  copy  filmed  here  has  been  reproduced  thanks 
to  the  generosity  of: 

Metropolitan  Toronto  Library 
Canadian  History  Department 

The  images  appearing  here  are  the  bbst  quality 
possible  considering  the  condition  and  legibility 
of  the  original  copy  and  in  keeping  with  the 
filming  contract  specifications. 


Original  copies  in  printed  paper  covers  are  filmed 
beginning  with  the  front  cover  ai^d  ending  on 
the  last  page  with  a  printed  or  illustrated  impres- 
sion, or  t^a  back  cover  when  appropriate.  All 
other  original  copies  are  filmed  beginning  on  the 
first  page  with  a  printed  or  illustrated  impres- 
sion, and  ending  on  the  last  page  with  a  printed 
or  illustrated  impression. 


L'exemplaire  film6  fut  reproduit  grfice  d  la 
g6n6rosit6  de:  \ 

Metropolitan  Toronto  Library 
Canadian  History  Department 

Les  images  suivantes  one  ^t^  reproduites  avec  la 
plus  grand  soin,  compte  tenu  de  la  condition  et 
de  la  .iettet6  de  l'exemplaire  film6,  et  en 
conformity  avec  les  conditions  du  contrat  de 
filmage. 

Les  exemplaires  originaux  dont  la  couverture  en 
papier  est  imprimSe  sont  film6s  en  commenpant 
par  le  premier  plat  et  en  terminant  soit  par  la 
dernidre  page  qui  comporte  une  empreinte 
d'impression  ou  d'illustration,  soit  par  le  second 
plat,  selon  le  cas.  Tous  les  autres  exemplaires 
originaux  sont  film^s  en  commandant  par  la 
premidre  page  qui  comporte  una  empreinte 
d'impression  ou  d'illustration  et  en  terminant  par 
la  dcvrnidre  page  qui  comporte  une  telle 
empreinte. 


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The  last  recorded  frame  on  each  microfiche 
shall  contain  the  symbol  —♦-  (meaning  "CON- 
TINUED"), or  the  symbol  V  (meaning  "END"J, 
whichever  applies. 

Maps,  plates,  charts,  etc.,  may  be  filmed  at 
different  reduction  ratios.  Those  too  large  to  be 
entirely  included  in  one  exposure  are  filmed 
beginning  in  the  upper  left  hand  corner,  left  to 
right  and  top  to  bottom,  as  many  frames  as 
required.  The  following  diagrams  illustrate  the 
mbthod: 


Un  des  symboles  suivants  apparattra  sur  la 
dernidre  image  de  cheque  microfiche,  selon  le 
cas:  le  symbole  — *-  signifie  "A  SUiVRE",  le 
symbole  V  signifie  "FIN". 

Les  cartes,  planches,  tableaux,  etc.,  peuvent  §tre 
filmds  &  des  taux  de  reduction  diffdrents. 
Lorsque  '.9  document  est  trop  grand  pour  etre 
reproduit  en  un  seul  cliche,  il  est  film6  d  partir 
de  Tangle  supdrieur  gauche,  de  gauche  d  droite, 
et  de  haut  en  bas,  en  prenant  le  nombre 
d'images  n6cessaire.  Los  diagrammes  suivants 
illustreiit  la  mdthode. 


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\SSACHUSETrs  LEGISLATURE-NORTH  EASTERN  BOUN- 

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THE  LEGISLATURE  OF  MASSACHUSETTS, 

Concerning  the  North  Eastern  Bo^indary. 

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.Tune  21,  1S41. 

Referred  to  the  Conimillee  on  Foreign  Affairs 


«      /  w  ....nmmoushj.  If  tiie  Senate  concur,  that  the  right  of  the  Uni- 

/^ttt^d  0  tCs^^^^^^^  o  Mai.ic,  to  require  of  Great  Britain  the  hteral 

''^    frodtate  /xoaiH^^^^^^  terms  of  the  second  anicle  of  the  treaty  of 

^'f:P^Z^^'^^^^^^  o^^o.e.^..n  half  a 
Lntuf^,  unh^^alS  hy  the  passage  of  time  or  .by  the  interposmou  of  mul- 

''^I'itiTiZmimoushj,  If  the  Senate  concur,  that,  ahhongh  there  is  no 
^  ,n  t  XnTa.  /  mrnedia  collision  between  the  two  nations  on 
''''"'  nto^the  com  o;ei-sv  respecting  the  said  boundary,  it  is  nevertheless 
'''°  invMcs  Iv  'o  be  desired  that  a  speedy  and  effectual  termination  be  put 
rf  rffeieniVwhich  mi.ht  even,  by  a  remote  possibility,  produce  conse- 

^^'^"  W  \Sn;!^.:ir^  '- ^-^e  concur,  that  the  late  Re,K>rt  made 
.  ^^^eZ^To  OeBX  Britain,  by  their  commissioners  of  survey, 
^J  Js^eare    t^^^^^  Mudge,  though  not  to  be  regarded  as  having 

Messrs.  l^eatnersi  ^  s^  ^  Government,  is  calculated  to  produce,  in 
yet  ^^^^'7^^  the  s^nc^^^^^^^^^  .^  ^^  examined,  a  state  of  the  public 

"'•::/  Klv  imfaSlo  to  that  conciliatory  temper,  and  to  that  niivual 
""nnfide^^e  hi  e  good  intentions  of  each  other,  without  which  U  is  hope- 
S;:^S;ect  a  sa^is^ctory  result  - -;:^-    ^l^:^  ^  ^^nd  the 

,  ^?^r^:^SS^:  •  Jil  tiS"  ^i:.L.,  not  the  less  deter- 
^'°  1  h.r  use  i  is  temperate,  in  maintaining  the  rights  of  Maine.  And 
nnucd  b^^^^""^^^;'  if.L  4neat  our  often  recorded  response  to  her  demand, 
that  we  "o^;;,f  ;^,^^^,,'3^^^^^^^^^^  'on,  withheld  should  be  speedily  done 
'^  w  S  tha  wh  1  we  xtend  to  her  our  sympathy  for  her  past  wrongs 
we  agTfn  assu,;  he^  of  our  unshaken  resolution  to  sustain  the  territorial 

"^^'^l^a^^^^^  ^^''^'^'  Senate  concur,  that  his  Excellency  the 

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Governor  be  requested  to  transaiit  u  copy  of  these  resolves,  nnd  the  accom- 
panying report,  to  the  Executive  of  the  United  States,  and  of  the  several 
States,  and  to  each  of  the  Senators  and  Members  of  the  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives from  Massachusetts  in  the  Congress  of  the  United  States. 

House  of  Repkesentativfs,  March  11,  1841. 
Passed  :  GEORGE  ASIIMUN,  Speaker. 

In  Senate,  March  12,  1S41. 
Passed:  DANIEL  P.  KING,   President. 

March  13,  1841— Approved  :  JOHN  DAVIS. 

A  true  copy,  attest,  JOHN  P.  BIGELOW, 

Secretary  of  the  Commonwealth. 


